HAUTLENCE - HL 2.0 - 2.2

HAUTLENCE - HL 2.0: A Mechanical Revolution

The HL2.0 collection represents the second generation of HAUTLENCE watches. After 4 years of development, it was first shown in 2010 and officially launched in its final version in 2011.

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Faithful to the brand’s fundamental concept of offering a different way of reading time, this collection goes even further and establishes HAUTLENCE among the most prestigious contemporary watchmaking brands. The HL2.0 models display half-trailing jumping hours - one of the special features of this second collection - retrograde minutes - a signature of the brand - and a power-reserve indicator. The collection also includes an automatic movement for the first time.

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Constructed around the retrograde minutes function, the jumping hours mechanism consists of a 12-link chain activated by a connecting-rod/crank as in the HL collection. The retrograde minutes are indicated on a 180° sector of the dial. An ingenious mechanism governs the movement of the assembly with a speed control that protects the components from any shocks arising from its operation.

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The chain rotates the mobile bridge through 60° each hour, compensating for the effect of gravity. To provide sufficient energy, the principal barrel, wound by the automatic system, winds a second barrel, which drives the display complication.

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Developed and produced by the Neuchâtel brand’s own teams, this collection is the first to offer a Manufacture mechanical movement with automatic winding. Two models are currently available, each limited to 28 numbered timepieces: the HL2.1 in 18-carat white gold and the HL2.2 in 18-carat 4N rose gold.

Three Patents for an Exceptional Timepiece

The first patent concerns the half-trailing hours chain (as opposed to an instant system that is too fast to appreciate, or a dragging system that cannot be read correctly between the hours): every 60 minutes the chain advances in 3-4 seconds without jumps or loss of energy, making it possible to admire the beauty of the movement and its mechanisms in action.

The second patent relates to the regulating organ integrated into the mobile bridge movement. Its constantly changing position, driven by the display, compensates statistically for the effect of gravity, enhancing its precision.

The third patent covers the operation of the movement's two barrels. The principal barrel is wound by the automatic system and transmits the energy needed to wind a second barrel that is devoted exclusively to driving the complication. It is kept fully wound by the main barrel to ensure that an optimal level of energy is available to change each hour. This means the complex systems are powered independently without affecting the precision of the watch.

The Functionning of the Movement

When the retrograde minutes hand returns to zero to begin the next hour, the connecting-rod mechanism drives 1 revolution of the system by means of the function star. This is when the mechanical magic of the HAUTLENCE HL2.0 starts to work:

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The mechanisms come to life simultaneously, powered by the energy in the complication barrel. The speed control that allows the chain links to advance the hours in 3-4 seconds begins to function and completes 48 revolutions at high speed (as opposed to instantly). The half-trailing hours display advances one revolution powered by the system's gear train. A coupler transmits the kinematics of the chain to the mobile bridge movement incorporating the regulating organ, which rotates through 60°.

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The kinematics of the full HL2.0 movement are structured in three dimensions by the use of special bevelled gears. These bevelled gears are produced with uniquely shaped tools to achieve optimal efficiency in gear-train transmission.
 
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This timepiece also includes a power-reserve indicator as well as an oscillating weight in 18-carat gold. All numerals and indicators are luminescent to ensure excellent readability at night.

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HAUTLENCE - HL - 2.2 18-carat White Gold
 

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:

HAUTLENCE HL2.0. HAUTLENCE in-house movement including gear train and automatic winding system. Half-trailing hours displayed by a chain, retrograde minutes, mobile bridge movement.
Display:
Hours, retrograde minutes and power reserve.
Calibre:
2 barrels: one finishing barrel (power reserve for the entire watch movement including power for the second barrel) and a complication barrel.
Hours displayed by a 12-link chain hinged on a pallet system. The speed regulator ensures that the hours display changes in 3-4 seconds instead of instantly. It completes 48 revolutions at each hour change. Hours system activated by a one-revolution mechanism composed principally of a connecting rod and rack.
Mobile bridge movement comprises the regulating organ and rotates through 60° at each change of hour.
Movement kinematics incorporate 90° changes of direction by means of special bevelled gears.
Automatic movement with oscillating weight in 18-carat white gold.
Identification and numbering plate: HL2.1
This innovative movement is protected by 3 HAUTLENCE patents.
Dimensions (movement): 37.8 mm x 33.2 mm x 12.35 mm
Number of components: 552
Number of jewels: 92
Regulating organ: 18,000 vibrations/hour
Power reserve: 45 hours
Finishing: fine-watchmaking type (satin-brushed, hand-drawn, hand-bevelled, ruthenium-anthracite coating and polished-blocked steel elements).
Manufacturing technology: multi-axis micro-machining, wire electro-erosion.
LIGA photolithography.
Case:
Material: 18-carat white gold
Dimensions: 50 mm x 42 mm x 17.8 mm
Crystal: 3 three-dimensional sapphire crystals, scratch-resistant, produced by multi-axis grinding.
Alternating finishes: sand-blasting, satin-brushing and hand-polishing.
Crown: 18-carat white gold with micro-machined HAUTLENCE logo.
Horns: screwed, 18-carat white gold.
Horn and case-back screws: 18-carat white gold.
Weight: 192 grammes
Dial:
Ruthenium and rhodium-plated, black numerals and luminescent dots for readability in the dark.
Hour numerals: rhodium-plated with luminescent numbers.
Minutes hand: rhodium-plated with a luminescent tip for readability in the dark.
Power-reserve hand: steel with luminescent indicator.
Strap:
Brown or black Louisiana alligator skin, large square scales, full wrapped, hand-stitched.
Spring bar for changing the strap.
Folding buckle: titanium and 18-carat white gold
Water-Resistance:30 meters

Limited Edition: 28 timepieces
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HAUTLENCE - HL - 2.2 18-carat 4N Rose Gold

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:

MODEL NAME HL2.2

MODEL SUMMARY
HAUTLENCE HL2.0.  
HAUTLENCE in-house movement including gear train and automatic winding system. Half-trailing hours displayed by a chain, retrograde minutes, mobile bridge movement.
DISPLAY
Hours, retrograde minutes and power reserve.
CALIBRE
Movement description:
2 barrels: one finishing barrel (power reserve for the entire watch movement including power for the second barrel) and a complication barrel.
Hours displayed by a 12-link chain hinged on a pallet system. The speed regulator ensures that the hours display changes in 3-4 seconds instead of instantly. It completes 48 revolutions at each hour change. Hours system activated by a one-revolution mechanism composed principally of a connecting rod and rack.
Mobile bridge movement comprises the regulating organ and rotates through 60° at each change of hour.
Movement kinematics incorporate 90° changes of direction by means of special bevelled gears.
Automatic movement with oscillating weight in 18-carat 4N rose gold.
Identification and numbering plate: HL2.2
This innovative movement is protected by 3 HAUTLENCE patents.
Dimensions (movement): 37.8 mm x 33.2 mm x 12.35 mm
Number of components: 552
Number of jewels: 92
Regulating organ: 18,000 vibrations/hour
Power reserve: 45 hours
Finishing: fine-watchmaking type (satin-brushed, hand-drawn, hand-bevelled, ruthenium-anthracite coating and polished-blocked steel elements).
Manufacturing technology: multi-axis micro-machining, wire electro-erosion.
LIGA photolithography.
CASE
Material: 18-carat 4N rose gold
Dimensions: 50 mm x 42 mm x 17.8 mm
Crystal: 3 three-dimensional sapphire crystals, scratch-resistant, produced by multi-axis grinding.
Alternating finishes: sand-blasting, satin-brushing and hand-polishing.
Crown: 18-carat 4N rose gold with micro-machined HAUTLENCE logo.
Horns: screwed, 18-carat 4N rose gold.
Horn and case-back screws: 18-carat 4N rose gold.
Weight: 192 grammes
DIAL
Dial: ruthenium and rhodium-plated, black numerals and luminescent dots for readability in the dark.
Hour numerals: rhodium-plated with luminescent numbers.
Minutes hand: rhodium-plated with a luminescent tip for readability in the dark.
Power-reserve hand: steel with luminescent indicator.
STRAP
Strap in brown or black Louisiana alligator skin, large square scales, full wrapped, hand-stitched.
Spring bar for changing the strap.
Folding buckle: titanium and 18-carat 4N rose gold
WATER-RESISTANCE 30 metres
LIMITED EDITION
28 timepieces
PACKAGING
Contents:
 - HL2.2
 - Identification and numbering plate
 - Special leather travel box
 - Watchmaker's magnifying glass
 - Instruction booklet
 - Guarantee card (3 years)

PRICE (including tax) CHF 220,000.-

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H2O - Kalmar Damascus Steel / Fixed Bezel

H2O - Kalmar Damascus Steel - Fixed Bezel NEW

The H2O Kalmar Damascus Steel with fixed bezel has been made from handmade, German Damascus Steel by our knife maker Uwe Suhrweier. The H2O Kalmar Damascus Steel will be a true rarity as only 4 watches will be produced, but keeps most of the DNA from the H2O Kalmar design.
Only a LIMITED series of 4 watches was produced! Be sure that you won´t see this watch a second time!

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CASE MATERIAL:	Handmade, German Damascus Steel
CASE FINISH:	Etched
CASE DIMENSIONS:	Diameter: 45.00mm
	Length: 59.00mm
	Height: 17.60mm
WATER RESISTANCE:	3000 Meters / 300 bar / 9842ft Officially certified in Germany to 6000M / 600 Bar / 19.600ft
BEZEL	Fixed Bezel made from Damascus Steel
BEZEL DIAMETER:	45.00mm
CROWN:	8mm screw down type with interchangeable Damascus Steel crown guard
CRYSTAL:	Domed 5mm Sapphire glass with internal double AR coating
DIAL:	Explosion Damascus Steel dial or choose your dial out of 17 designs
	Marker: Super-LumiNova BG W9
HANDS:	Choose your handset design
MOVEMENT:	modificated SWISS ETA 2824-2
	Automatic, 28.800 bph,
	Power Reserve 42h,
	Hacking Second
STANDARD ACCESSORIES:	Incl. sapphire display case back made from Damascus Steel Handmade 5mm thick strap made from Horween leather and H2O Damascus Steel CNC buckle Hex screw driver Watch box with 4 compartments made from real leather additional lugs screws

Expected Delivery Time: approx. 3-4 weeks after order placement.

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Christophe Claret - X-TREM-1

The X-TREM-1 Limited Edition
Ultimate watchmaking by Christophe Claret X-TREM-1, the first of a new generation of timepieces, represents a major technical and aesthetic accomplishment: a flying tourbillon inclined at a 30° angle, mounted on a three-dimensional curvex titanium mainplate, equipped with a retrograde hours and minutes display system that is radically different from existing watchmaking conventions. Two tiny hollowed steel spheres, isolated within sapphire tubes on the left and right sides of the caseband magically move with no mechanical connection thanks to magnetic fields.

X for Experimental
T for Time
R for Research
E for Engineering
M for Mechanism

X-TREM. 
The concept certainly deserves its name. It expresses Christophe Claret’s determination to continue pushing the boundaries of mechanical watchmaking, integrating scientific fields of research never previously applied in the horological domain.
The Manufacture from Le Locle presents the first creation in a new X-TREM collection that will be exceptional in all ways. X-TREM-1 features a tourbillon timepiece and uses magnetic fields to create the illusion of hour and minute indicators floating through the air.
The challenge is bold and some might say a little crazy: How could someone possibly think about introducing a magnetic field – the arch enemy of horological mechanisms – into the heart of a watch? That is what purists are liable to say. And yet Christophe Claret has done just that by creating a system where two small steel spheres – hollowed to make them lighter – encased within two sapphire tubes placed to the right and left of the caseband, are controlled by precision magnetic fields generated by two miniature magnets moved by cables. The cables are made from an extremely thin and strong woven silk thread more commonly seen in reparative surgery. The resistance of the thread has been tested in the Manufacture Claret on an accelerated-wear simulator corresponding to 60 years of operation.



 The spheres have no mechanical connection with the movement, with each one floating inside the two tubes and creating outstanding horological magic.
“We developed this technology with the School of Business and Engineering Vaud (HEIG-VD)
in Yverdon-les-Bains, and a team headed by Professor Besson,” explains Christophe Claret.
“What’s more, the magnetic fields have been focused so that they have no effect whatsoever on the mechanisms – apart from the task assigned to them, which is to help display the time in a quite incredible and original way.”

The initial project, which was in fact very different from the one now being presented, was proposed by two Neuchâtel watchmakers, Frédéric Richard and Olivier Randin, to Christophe Claret – who decided to acquire the rights and patent.
The “floating” sphere display system of the X-TREM-1 is not the only technical feat involved. The entire construction and finishing of this timepiece meets the extreme demands systematically imposed by Christophe Claret.

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Ultra-light titanium was used for the three-dimensional curvex mainplate and the bridges. A determination to enhance ergonomics and reduce volumes guided the designer in his choices. This is indeed a first for such a complex calibre, especially one made in titanium. The case is composed of titanium and white or red gold, or platinum, and produced in limited series of eight per model. The flying tourbillon is fitted with double ceramic bearings to enhance its shock-resistance. It is inclined at a 30-degree angle in order to make it even more clearly visible to the wearer.

The hand-wound watch draws its energy from two barrels – a necessity in this case, since they enable the use of a sophisticated display without disturbing the rate of the tourbillon, and thus the accuracy of the watch. The first barrel is reserved for the tourbillon, the second for the hours and minutes. The timing gear train (first barrel) is regulated by the tourbillon; while the display gear train is regulated by a special escapement which picks up the relevant information from the timing gear train. The latter is composed of a lever that releases a tooth of the pallet-wheel of the display gear train every 25 seconds, which is is driven by a cam connected to the timing gear train. When one of the gear trains reaches the end of the power reserve of its respective barrel, the escapement interrupts the running of its neighbour. This conception offers an important advantage in that the tourbillon and display
gear trains are independent, thus avoiding disturbances, optimising power reserve and endowing the watch with excellent precision.
 
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But that’s not all. For Christophe Claret, every technical innovation must be validated and approved, which is why each movement is hand assembled from start to finish by the same watchmaker who ensures its technical and aesthetic qualities. At the end of the process, the timepiece undergoes a stringent set of internal testing in the THF (Test Homologation Fiabilité) workshop, after which it earns a certificate guaranteeing its quality and precision.
 
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The underlying haute horlogerie criteria governing all activities conducted within the Manufacture also apply to the finishing and the exterior of the timepiece: components are hand-bevelled, flanks are straight-grained, sinks on solid gears are polished and the spokes on open-worked gears are bevelled and polished, screw heads are mirror-polished, and cams, bridges and the tourbillon cage are mirror-polished on the visible side. Christophe Claret devotes particular care to the finishing of each component, which is designed to ensure the overall harmony and aesthetic coherence of the model.

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Christophe Claret considers the creation of each object as a collective challenge that takes shape by dint of passion and perseverance, along with a significant measure of emotions and dreams. He is never happy just to redo something that has already been done. The brand is resolutely dedicated to technological innovation and never hesitates to venture off the beaten track in its quest to offer unprecedented ways of reading the time.
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Technical data

CALIBRE FLY11:
Dimensions: 26.6 x 46.4 x 11.94 mm
Number of parts: 419
Number of jewels: 64
Power reserve: 50+ hours
Barrels: Dual barrels:
- One for the movement gear train
- One for the time indications
The tourbillon movement and the time indication gear trains each have their own independent energy supply to optimize power distribution and duration.
Tourbillon:
- Escapement: Swiss lever type
- Oscillation frequency of the balance: 3 Hz (21,600 vph)
- Tourbillon rotates once every 60 seconds
- Flying tourbillon inclined at 30° supported by a double
ceramic bearing, with cone-shaped pinion transmission
Functions:
- Mystery hours and minutes displayed on each side of the case, with indications provided by hollowed steel spheres moving 23 mm inside two cylindrical sapphire tubes - The metal spheres are driven by magnetic carriages following a surgical silk thread – Reference: SOFSILK
- Seconds displayed on the tourbillon cage
- Mechanical, hand-wound movement
- Open barrel acts as movement state-of-wind indicator:
when the movement is fully wound the spring is centered in the barrel
Mainplate:
- Curvex with sides inclined at 30° angle
- Mainplate and bridges in bead-blasted titanium
- Open-worked ratchet and wheel
Distinctive features:
- Use of precisely-shaped magnetic fields in a mechanical movement
- No mechanical connection between the indications and the
movement
- Fine adjustment system for the retrograde display returnspring
EXTERIOR:
Case:
- Rectangular with curvex profile
- Dimensions: 40.80 x 56.80 x 15 mm
- Water resistance: 3 ATM / 30 m / 100 ft
Material:
- Polished white gold/bead-blasted black PVD-coated grade 5 titanium
- Polished rose gold/bead-blasted black PVD-coated grade 5 titanium
- Platinum/bead-blasted black PVD-coated grade 5 titanium
Hour and minute displays: 
Hours and minutes are indicated by two 4mm-diameter hollowed spheres weighing 0.100 grams that move past sapphire scales marked with thin Super-LumiNova graduations beneath the sapphire
Pusher:
Fast time adjustment is via an integrated pusher on the caseband at 12 o’clock
Bows: 
Winding and time-setting via lift-out rotating “bows” on caseback
Strap:
 Black hand-sewn alligator leather or rubber-touch leather fitted with an innovative two-screw fastening system that facilitates strap change and avoids damaging the case
Buckle: 
Titanium folding clasp with gold buckle Distinctive features: Super-LumiNova along the side of the caseband enables time reading in the dark
Number of watches: 
Each version is issued in a limited edition of eight pieces

 Limited Edition of 8 timepieces

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Alexandra Louvrier
Phone: +41 32 933 80 26
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Montblanc - Collection Villeret 1858 in new dimensions

Montblanc - Collection Villeret 1858 in new dimensions

  Measuring accurate today as we know it was born on aboard ship: gold, To Be more precise, voyaging aboard vessel vessels on the high seas. Before the dawn of satellite-assisted navigation, highly accurate clocks Were the only instruments Which Could a mariner to enable Exactly determined historical position at sea, ie Both historical geographic latitude and longitude history. This is Reason enough for a Montblanc Villeret manufactory like to devote to this theme icts efforts and to refresh currency innovative Ideas that watch lovers' memories about this significant tradition. The result debuts in the new regulator Nautical watch set in the Montblanc Collection Villeret 1858, Which Will celebrate icts world first at the SIHH 2012. Each Set Consists of a chronograph wristwatch with regulator dial and Two Time Zone, along with a wide navigational clock Which, in addition to showing Three time zones one hand icts regulator dial, aussi includes a world-time indicator. Only sixteen specimens of the Montblanc watch Cruise Boat Will Be Manufactured set worldwide - eight sets with red gold wristwatch chronographs and eight more with gold wristwatch chronographs in white boxes.

Montblanc - Nautical Regulator Mono-Pusher Chronograph

Part 1: The Montblanc Chronograph Wristwatch Yacht Cruise 
He was emperor in name states, the wristwatch chronograph watch sets in the Nautique from the Montblanc Collection Villeret 1858 is a watch with regulator dial. Its functions and Its design offer insights Into the fascinating history of navigation on the high seas. The essential precondition for this is to Know Both the time at one's harbor of departure and at one's momentary location, ie the simultaneous display of the times in Two different locations.

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Regulator Dial: The Face of Precise Time Measurement 
The central regulator dial with a minute-hand, the A Separate subdial for hours at the "12" and the second year we Shown additional subdial is homage to the year off, and venerable Extremely accurate pendulum clocks That Were Used in the still 20th century Other timepieces to Regulate, whence the name "regulator." To ensure That the display of the second passing Would never be Covered by the very slow-moving hour-hand, relocated onto the lath WAS A Separate subdial and completely Call divorced from the dial Where Were the latter Indicated. Regulator pendulum clocks aussi cette Stood out in the offices of harbormasters in all of the world's major ports.Captains Would stop at the office shortly Departing Before we travel. Their final task Before leaving the office to synchronize WAS Their ship's chronometer with the laptop's regulator clock so HarborMaster That is the precise time history Shown clock Could Be "taken along" Throughout The Trip. In Those years, an accurate reference Time Was essential for staying on course on the high seas. The allusion to the new Montblanc Chronograph Regulator Nautical Malthus is quite valid. Further details about navigation with a sextant and timepiece are Described in the appendix.

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Dial with Depth 
The new Montblanc watch from the Collection Villeret 1858 Does not Have a dial regulator of the fate that's Frequently Used watches are of this type. Instead, it transforms icts display area for eight different Indicateurs Into a topographical experience. The sight of home and local time, day and night display, chronograph, 30-minute counter, small seconds, and power-reserve and combinée winding-display area is sweating more Than half a dozen Levels. The dial is pierced to reveal Partly Manually Executed circular graining on the movement's platform, Above Which Canon has connoisseur admires the wheels of Individual mechanisms. Some scales are applied as Applied, others are inset Into the dial. This symbolically Represents the theme of Depths and shallows: after all, the watch is named "Cruise Boat" and the first accurate timepieces Were Developed 250 years ago specifically for navigation on the high seas.

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Second Time Zone and Day / Night Display 
The alpha and omega of the time-based navigation are to know the time in Two different time zones, ie the current local time and the time in the harbor from which one's vessel HAD departed. Only with this knowledge Cdn one compares the actual time of the Highest ascent of the sun above-the-horizon (ie, local noon) with the harbor at the time of original departure and accordingly calculate one's longitude géographiques okay. This is why the regulator Nautical wristwatch chronograph shows the local time via a skeletonized hour-hand inside a small hours-circle at the "12," Beneath Which year hour-hand data and identify the home time (ie the time in one's harbor of departure) . When the watch is in ict wearer's home time zone, the skeletonized hour-hand is always Directly Above the blued hand; When The wearer travels to a different time zone, he or she presses the button at the "10" to reposition the local hour hand-in hourly increments Until It shows the proper time for the new area. A 24-hour subdial with day / night display at the "1" indicates the time in the wearer's home area.

Monopusher Column-Wheel Chronograph with Control 
The wristwatch controller in the Nautical Watch Set Measures brief intervals in the best tradition of the manufactory. Its chronograph Caliber MB M16.30 HAS wide elapsed-seconds hand with staff at the ict center of the dial and a counter for 30 minutes elapsed at the "3." The chronograph functions in the classical Manner via a column-wheel and horizontal coupling. The chronograph's sunrises are meticulously handcrafted and the implementation function aussi Manually Executed, whereby the contacting surfaces of the chronograph's sunrises are Carefully scrutinized Under a magnifying glass When The stopwatch functions are operated, then gradually and painstakingly hand-abraded to the nearest hundredth of a millimeter. The steel components and Minerva's V-shaped chronograph Typically bridges are beveled and polished Manually. The sunrises are abraded by rubbing Them Gently Against a fine-grained stone. The bridges are hand-embellished with Geneva waves. The large screw balance and massy with Phillips' hairspring oscillates at the frequency of 18.000 classical semi-oscillations per hour (2.5 Hz), Which Enables this chronograph to measure elapsed intervals PRECISELY to the nearest fifth of a second. The stopwatch is operated via a button in the crown: this lone push-piece sequentially triggers the start, stop and zero-return functions.

 Display with Power-Reserve Winding-Zone indication 
A genuine innovation in mechanical watchmaking is found in the lower half of the dial, where 'the broad power-reserve display was subsequently assembled pair of hands to Indicate Two major items of information about the running autonomie. This display is absolutely required for a connectable navigational timepiece Because navigation is assured only if the watch is wound and never stops Regularly Throughout The running trip. This is the Guaranteed by a glance at the daily Exclusively combinée power-reserve indicator and winding-area, Which not only shows whether the mainspring still contains enough energy, objective data and identify aussi Clearly How Many hours REMAIN Before the manual winding watch categorically DEMANDS. Watchmakers Distinguish Among Three different states for the mainspring in a mechanical wristwatch. In the area of ​​ordinary power reserve, the mainspring HAS enough energy to sustain Good for the amplitude balance and to ensure Malthus Good Accuracy spleen. In the so-called "winding area," the mainspring still HAS Sufficient power to keep the movement running, goal Canon no longer maintain to positive amplitude: the watch's rate suffers accordingly. The Third state OCCURS When the mainspring is fully slackened, in Which case the movement no longer runs. The power-reserve and combinée winding-area indicator of the Montblanc chronograph wristwatch distinguishes Cruise Boat Between the Two first-Mentioned states: if the power reserve is in a favorable area, the two hands are one atop the Express and The Other Remaining duration of the power reserve as a Specific number of hours. If tension in the mainspring HAS Declined To Where It Can no longer maintain to favorable amplitude in the Balance (Indicated by the French word "BAS"), the upper hand stands still and the lower, red hand moves Into the red zone, indicating indication That Malthus Should the watch again Be Manually wound. To display this complex and important information, Montblanc Villeret Specially Developed a patented hand-Mechanism nineteen, of which - in addition to the two hands - one Cdn aussi see the blue steel rack with an arrow-shaped tip recalling the traditional Minerva logo. 

Exclusive Editions in Red and White Gold 
The finely finished and very complicated mechanical movement is ensconced inside a gold box attractively That Protects icts intricate inner life. With classical tripartite construction, the box is 43.5 millimeters in diameter and Gently curving horns HAS, has readily grasped and fluted crown with built-in chronograph button (monopusher), and a push-piece at the "10" to advance the hand for the second time zone in hourly increments. The concave bezel Holds a cambered crystal antireflectively treated fish, that's beens on Both surfaces icts year to ensure optimal view of the complex three-dimensional dial Beneath it. The screwed back of the box with transparent pane icts of sapphire crystal offers beautiful views of the back of the movement, Which boasts a hand-finished chronograph Mechanism and a wide scale. The wristwatch is affixed to year-alligator leather strap: dark brown leather and a red gold buckle pronged complement the red gold wristwatch, navy blue leather and a white gold clasp attractively highlight the model with the white gold box.

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 Montblanc - Montblanc Horloge de Marine Nautical Regulator for Yachts

Part 2: The Nautical Navigational Montblanc Regulator Clock 
Seafaring and navigation on the high seas Were crucially significant for the Evolution of accurate time measurement, so Montblanc chronograph wristwatch HAS Given the worthy companion Which Canon has Ideally serve aboard a private yacht, purpose Which Will Attract admiring aussi focus on dry land.The dimensions and materials of the Montblanc Regulator clock Nautical navigational Will Surely raise the eyebrows and pulse rates of the yacht owners and watch aficionados around the globe. The clock is 93 cm tall, 56 cm in diameter and Weighs 120 kilograms. It Rests atop a base made of granite, solid brass, aluminum and carbon fiber. Its clockwork has-beens Manufactured from the finest steel, brass and ruby ​​in agreement with all the rules and usages of the watchmaker's art. Is it a masterful piece of art or artful year scientific instrument? The answer Can Be nothing but year unambiguous "yes, both!"

The heavy granite base with Gently curved aluminum and carbon-fiber struts guarantee That this noble clock stands as solidly as a rock, REGARDLESS of whether icts Rests upon the motionless floor of one's library at home or in the captain's cabin aboard planks That Constantly pitch and roll. This wide clock is well equipped to cope with the different life aboard ship Requirements of and on dry land Because it Cdn In Any tip steering thanks to cardanic suspended inside a cage of nickel-plated brass. Even When The yacht leans to one side, the clock and data and identify the horizontal restes ship's Heeling with a downwardly pointing arrow we scale from 0 to 27 degrees: a perfect symbiosis of Aesthetic form and nautical function.Of course, this broad navigational clock is only one half of Each Regulator Nautical Montblanc timepiece set, so built one of the struts Into That supports the clock is a smaller cardanic suspension, the wristwatch chronograph Into Which Can Be Placed When Is not wearing one it on one's wrist. The wristwatch is Safely Kept here: no matter how violently the waves may rage, it Continually Maintains icts horizontal position, where 'it is immune to the ill effects of the so-called "center-of-gravity error."Now is the time to describe the details of the navigational clock, Which Becomes the heart and soul of navigation as soon as the last bit of coastline HAS Disappeared below the horizon. From this moment on, mariners Who Need to calculate the exact position of Their yacht Must Rely on Knowing the exact time in a harbor with a Known geographic longitude, the current position of the sun, and the angle Between the horizon and the sun's Highest daily ascent at local noon.

Time Zone Dial-ace Navigational Aid 
The face Beneath the domed crystal is mostly Highly patterned dial the after the regulator of the Nautical wristwatch, the goal much larger size of this clock's face Provides ample space for Three time zones. The time of departure in the harbor is Shown on a 24-hour subdial at the "9"; the time in the port of destination appears on Another 24-hour subdial at the "3" and the currentLocal time is Indicated on the dial hand, Which is Arranged in classical fashion with a wide regulator minute-hand from the center and a subdial for the hours at the "12." Immediately ALONGSIDE it is the small seconds display. As on the wristwatch, here too on the navigational clock to Combined power-reserve display area and winding-owner to Regularly Reminds the wind the clock, although this pleasant little task is Necessary only ounces EACH fortnight. The aforementioned displays are augmented by a world-time clock: its scales for 24 hours and Two dozen yacht harbor below the names turn cardanic suspension and are visible only from the side. Blue LED lighting bathes the set in Entire seductive, mysteriously shimmering light. The world-time function Becomes Exclusive and Individualized Especially if the owner Does not use the standard scale of place names, replaces the goal STANDARDIZED names with place names of his or her Own Preferably one place name For Each time zone. For example, the owner choose Cdn Geneva INSTEAD of Paris Because He Lives In The Swiss metropolis; Hoboken, New Jersey INSTEAD of New York Because He was born in Hoboken, Osaka gold, Where His favorite restaurant is located, Rather Than Tokyo. In year accordingly Individualized version, the Montblanc timepiece Nautical Cruise set morphs from one share of a limited edition single Into absolutely all year. 

Mechanical Timekeeping in Compliance with All the Rules of Artistic Handcraftsmanship 
To serve as partner for the manufacturing icts of this impressive navigational clock, Montblanc joined forces, with the renowned Erwin Sattler clock manufactory, Which ranks Among the finest in business icts. The building's clockwork, functionality and design boast all the Horological Characteristics of outstanding artistry and high-quality manufactory production. The gleaming golden gears are laborious laboriously crafted in a multistage method calls Which To Be For Each tooth Individually and sequentially milled from the solid brass blank. Milling single wheel Requires Many minutes of Labor, Followed By Other time-consuming finishing steps Such as deburring, polishing the surfaces of the wheels and the flanks of the teeth, and plating with gold, Which Protects Against the wheels and corrosion Gives Them High -That Reduce friction gloss surfaces. The 360-hour rate is correspondingly broad autonomie Requires Containing a lengthy mainspring barrel. Compensation for the Continual decline in torque of the mainspring is Achieved by a so-called "transmission zone," which transfers energy to the first wheel in the gear-train via a cable wrapped around a conically shaped rocket (gold zone in French). As the power wanes in the barrel, the radius of the tapering rocket Continually leverage so alters the active time of year unchanging strength Can Be conveyed to the gear-train despite the steadily decreasing torque in the mainspring. This transmission of energy is Regulated via a Swiss escapement and remove a screw balance with a blued hairspring. The balance and Its spring, Which oscillate at the frequency of classical unhurried goal 2.5 Hz (18,000 semi-oscillations per hour), are visible year-through aperture in the dial at 1 o `clock.The Montblanc Nautical navigational regulator clock is a lavish artwork with exclusive year Design that attracts everyone's superlative with gauze and capture the interest functions That icts of viewers. Aboard a luxury yacht, ict attractive appearance RECALLS the safe harbor, standing motionless on a floor is terra firma, this commanding clock evokes dreams of freedom on the high seas, and when to icts owner wears the matching Boat Cruise on the wrist chronograph, the clock is always - as it Were - close at hand.Only sixteen specimens of the Montblanc watch Cruise Boat Will Be Manufactured set worldwide - eight sets with red gold wristwatch chronographs and eight more with gold wristwatch chronographs in white boxes. These Will Be Exclusively limited sets available in Montblanc boutiques and jewelers in selected in June 2012.

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Appendix 
Navigation on the High Seas Depends on Precise Time MeasurementThe conquest of the oceans and the Evolution of accurate time measurement are inseparably linked on the endless expanse Because of the oceans, navigational instruments classical Could only enable a determined historical geography to marinate Between latitude 90 ° North and 90 ° South, but not historical geography longitude, ie year historical position along East-West axis. This longitudinal Uncertainty HAD dramatic consequences. In the course of centuries, Thousands of sailing vessel vessels dashed to smithereens Were we reefs, Sending tens of Thousands of seamen to a watery grave - All Because the navigator ahead no way to accurately determined géographiques longitude Malthus and the exact position of the ship. It Was the English, and Above All the watchmaker John Harrison, solved this problem successfully Who in the 18th century with the aid of Highly accurate timepieces, Known today as "ship's Chronometers."

 Navigation on the High Seas with Sextant and Ship's Chronometer 
There are only point of reference A Few That Can Be Used To orient oneself on the VAST expanse of the ocean. One Can See the ship on which one is sailing, the 360 ​​° panorama of the horizon and the celestial bodies, for example, the sun and the moon, the North Star in the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Cross in the Southern Hemisphere. Comparatively it's simple to determines one's latitude with the aid of a sextant, with which one Measures the angle Between the horizon and the sun did daily icts Highest elevation at one's current location. Calculating one's momentary longitude is considerably more difficult. Longitude defines position along East-West axis year, along the sun likewise Which Appears to move, so the sun is motionless cannot serve as points of reference. The Sun Reaches Highest Point icts above-the-horizon at a different time at EACH location on Earth, so a navigator Needs to Know the route of transit icts, icts Highest daily ie elevation, along the axis of time. The Sun Seems To one full 360 degree journey around the Earth Every 24 hours. Our nearest star accordingly travels-through year fifteen degrees angle of EACH hour of longitude, Which is equivalent to one degree of longitude Every oven minutes. If a seafarer HAS accurate timepiece on board, and chronometer If That shows the true solar time at historical harbor of embarkation (eg Southampton on the southern coast of England), then readily calculate ET Cdn history momentary géographiques longitude. By definition, local noon is the time When the Sun Reaches Highest elevation icts above-the-horizon. PRECISELY at this moment, the home time in Southampton Must Be read from the dial of the ship's chronometer. For example, if the chronometer shows 4:24 pm, the vessel's current position Must Be solar 264 minutes (ie oven hours and 24 minutes) west of Southampton. Dividing 264 by the furnace vessel's present agricultural yields longitude: 66 ° West. Now only one Needs to measure the sun's elevation about the horizon, Which Canon Easily Be Accomplished with the aid of a sextant, and accordingly mark the current latitude on the nautical chart. The intersection of the longitude and latitude lines is the ship's current position.Incidentally: satellite navigation functions likewise only thanks to precise time measurement. Every satellite in the European "Galileo" system is Equipped with oven Swiss-made atomic clocks, The Two MOST accurate of Which err by a full second Only After one million years elapsed Have. The principle Remains Unchanged; only the precision and the user-friendliness Have laundry charges.


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